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Dubai’s thriving real estate market offers a wide variety of properties, attracting Indians, who are increasingly investing in Dubai                 Indian investors driving the surge - A dive into Dubai's booming real estate market Dubai’s thriving real estate market offers a wide variety of properties, attracting individuals from all over the world, including India, who are increasingly purchasing and investing in real estate in Dubai. Indians have consistently been among the top 3 nationalities to buy properties in Dubai, since 2004. Between 2015 to 2021 alone, India investors purchased real estate worth AED 83.62 billion in the city. Aside from residential properties, Dubai is also home to significant commercial real estate projects, including office spaces, retail canters, and hospitality properties. The presence of free zones and various business-friendly policies has attracted international companies, thereby positively impacting the demand...

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested RK Arora, the chairman of the real estate company Supertech, in a money laundering case.  Supertech chairman RK Arora.  The Enforcement Directorate has arrested RK Arora, the chairman of the real estate company Supertech, in a money laundering case. Arora was taken into custody under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), following a third round of his questioning on Tuesday. The money laundering case against the Supertech group, its directors and promoters stems from a clutch of FIRs registered by the police departments in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. In the FIRs, Supertech and its directors were accused of cheating as they collected funds from home buyers as an advance against booked flats but failed to hand over the flats to them. In April, the ED had attached assets worth more than Rs 40 crore of the real estate group and its directors. Last year, Supertech’s illegal twin towers in Noida ...

A report said housing sales rose in Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad, but fell in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. High demand in Maharashtra's Mumbai and Pune drove housing sales higher this quarter. India’s housing market saw an eight per cent increase in sales in the second quarter of the year across major cities including Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad, but declined in five others, namely Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, an analysis by real estate advisory firm, PropTiger, said. High demand in Maharashtra’s Mumbai and Pune drove housing sales higher by eight per cent to 80,250 units compared to last year’s April to June period, when 74,320 units were sold across “primary (fresh sales) residential markets” of the eight cities, the firm said in a ‘Real Insight Residential — April-June 2023’ report released on Wednesday. The report said housing sales rose in three cities, namely, Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. However, it fell in the other five cities ...

A 26-year-old MBA student, who was shot by a man in his office in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur last week, succumbed to her injuries on Monday in a city hospital. Congress claimed that the accused, identified as Priyansh Wishwakarma, was associated with the BJP.  The 26-year-old Vedika Thakur was an MBA student.  A 26-year-old girl, who was shot by a man in his office last week in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, succumbed to her injuries during treatment at a hospital, the police said on Monday. The woman, identified as Vedika, went meet the accused at his office on June 16. Vedika Thakur, who was an MBA student, was kept on life support system for the past 10 days. “The 26-year-old victim was undergoing treatment for the bullet injury at a hospital, where she died on Monday,” Sanjeevni Nagar police station in-charge Kranti Barve told news agency PTI. The accused, identified as Priyansh Wishwakarma, was arrested on June 19 and was charged with an attempt to murder under the Indian ...

A woman was attacked with a sickle in Pune's Sadashiv Peth area by her friend after she refused to be in a relationship with him. The accused has been arrested.                         Pune man attacks female friend with sickle for rejecting proposal, arrested A Pune man attacked his female friend with a sickle on Tuesday after she refused to be in a relationship with him. The incident happened in the Sadashiv Peth area of Maharashtra’s Pune. Both the victim and the accused were preparing for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exams. According to the victim, the accused was her friend. “The accused was my friend. I denied his proposal to be in a relationship with him. That’s when he started threatening me. He used to call. He used to beat me outside my college and used to follow me because I denied his proposal,” the victim said. She added, “I also complained to his family but they didn’t take any action. ...

Seven Muslim students of the government medical college in Thiruvananthapuram sought permission from the principal to allow them to wear long sleeve scrub jackets and surgical hoods inside the operation theatre. The students who made the demand said they had to cover their heads all time as part of their religious beliefs, and it was not possible to wear hijabs inside the operation theatres. Seeking an alternative to hijab, at least seven Muslim students of the government medical college in Thiruvananthapuram asked the college principal to allow them to wear long sleeve scrub jackets and surgical hoods inside the operation theatre. The college principal said that he would call a meeting of surgeons and the infection control team to discuss the matter, adding that the team would decide on the request made by the students. The students, who made the demand, said they had to cover their heads all the time as part of their religious beliefs, and it was not possible to wear hijabs inside ...

A rape-murder accused's house was demolished in Fatehpur on Tuesday amid the presence of police officials. The action was taken after a 17-year-old girl died after she was allegedly raped by the accused.                            UP: Teen girl dies after being raped, accused's house razed  The house of a man who was accused of raping and murdering a teenager was bulldozed in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur on Tuesday amid the presence of police officials. The demolition was carried out after the teenage girl’s relatives along with people from their village and Hindu organization, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) members demanded the accused’s house be razed after the girl died during treatment at a hospital. GIRL DIES IN HOSPITAL The 17-year-old girl and her family attended a wedding in a village in Fatehpur on June 22. However, she went missing from the wedding hall at about 11 pm, according to the girl’s father. Her re...

In an official release, Canada's Ministry of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship said the program will also provide for study or work permits for the family members of H-1B visa holders.  The approved applicants under new decision will receive an open work permit of up to 3 years in duration. Ottawa: Canada Immigration Minister Sean Fraser on Tuesday announced that the government will create an open work-permit stream to allow 10,000 American H-1B visa holders to come and work in the country. In an official release, Canada’s Ministry of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship said the program will also provide for study or work permits for the family members of H-1B visa holders. “Thousands of workers in high-tech fields are employed with companies that have large operations in both Canada and the US, and those working in the US often hold an H-1B speciality occupation visa. As of July 16, 2023, H-1B speciality occupation visa holders in the US, and their accompanying immediat...

More than 120 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence that erupted between the majority Meity community and the minority Kuki tribes on the first week of May. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in the violence-hit northeast state. NEW DELHI: As Manipur continues to remain on edge, the Congress on Tuesday said that senior party leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the violence-hit state on June 29 and 30. This is the first visit of the Congress leader to the northeastern state embroiled in ethnic violence since May 3. Announcing the decision, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal tweeted, “Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Manipur on 29–30 June. He will visit relief camps and interact with civil society representatives in Imphal and Churachandpur during his visit.” Venugopal further said that Manipur has been burning for nearly two months, and desperately needs a healing touch so that the society can move from confli...

A fisherman in Florida was bitten and pulled into a river by a shark after he had dipped his hands in the water to wash them. The incident that took place on Friday was caught on camera by his friend who had accompanied him on the fishing trip. The man was airlifted to a hospital for treatment soon after the incident. A fisherman was bitten and dragged into a river by a shark while he was on a boat in Florida in the United States. The incident occurred when the fisherman dipped his hands in the river water despite a warning from his friend. The whole incident, which happened at Florida’s National Everglades Park, was captured on camera by the man’s friend. In the video, the man can be seen rinsing his hands in the water. Seconds later, a shark bit his hand, after which he could be heard screaming in pain. The shark pulled him into the water. The man’s friend, in a now-deleted post, had shared the video on social media along with a caption describing the incident calling it “one of the ...